Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,929, Ephraim Fairchild, Conn.

SERVICE
born.
Fairchild Ephraim Mary
NUMBER
W. 29.29
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30. 54 Pennsylvania
Ephraim Mirefield
of Bradford Co in the State of Penn Co who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bennett of the Regt commanded by Gould in the Connecticut line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1836 and sent Pensioner Pike Pennsylvania
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept., 10.00 $110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { spot June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Hudson Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. Page 20
Order to pay 13. Sep 1831. Letter Col. F. Barton 13. Sep 1831
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 April 1838 from 1st Sept 1837 to 26. May 1838, the day of his death. Age Notified 7. March 1840
Letter to Geo. Anderson 27. Apr 1841

District of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss.
Declaration of Ephraim Fairchild
On this 12 th day of February 1834 Before the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record now holding in and for the said County of Bradford in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aforesaid personally appeared Ephraim Fairchild resident of the Township of Pike in the said County of Bradford aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832 That he was born in the Township of Stratford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the 16 th day of March A D 1760 That he has now no record of his age but his memory of the record of his age as recorded (that is the day & year of his birth) in his father's family Bible. That in the said Township of Stratford on the first Monday in October A D 1775 he enlisted into a Company raised and commanded by Captain Joseph Tomlinson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel David Wooster for three years for the defence of the coast of this sea board in the said State of Connecticut Along the Sound (so called) and served out his term and was discharged in the said County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut That his said discharge has been lost That he suspects a son of his who lived with him who is now deceased flung it away as rubbish with other waste papers. Afterward on the 11 th day of July (as now believes) he was drafted into the Militia at Stratford for the term of nine months in the year 1779 and served out his term in the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Bennet and Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Gold. His services were performed as above hinted on the sea board principally between New York and Fairfield he has now no special evidence of his services except his own declaration to it in corroboration. Will be forwarded the circumstantial evidence contained in the depositions of Judah Benjamin and of Ruth Fink. The deposition of Ruth Fink who died before since was taken while she was living and in bodily health and of sound mind & memory of the deposition of  statement of Plaintiff in support of his character offers the deposition of John Ebenezer  Ellington he was in the Battle of Fairfield Conn te Since his services above he resided in the said County of Fairfield until the year 1793 at or about which time he moved into the State of Pennsylvania the place where he now resides which is in the Township of Pike and County (New) of Bradford State of Penn ta aforesaid and is forty years since he came into it.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to Pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Ephraim Fairchild
Recorded & subscribed in open Court Feb 12. 1834
Before me E. G. Coonradt Ex. P.

on the 12 th day of February 1834 personally appear- ed in the court aforesaid Major John Taylor and John Elliott Esquire who being duly sworn do depose & say that that they have been acquainted with the within named applicant Ephraim Fairchild more than twenty years, believe him to be a person entitled to credit & they they also believe him to be seventy four years of age and believe that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution as by him stated
Sworn to and subscribed before me Feb 12. 1834 E. Goodrich Dep. Prob.
John Taylor
John Elliott
And the said court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that John Taylor and John Elliott who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that no Clergyman could be produced by the applicant without great expense & inconvenience who could certify his knowledge to the statement &c
By the court
E. Goodrich Dep. Prob.
Court of Probate Bradford Co. Pa.
I Elisha G. Goodrich Dep. Prob. of said court of common pleas of Bradford County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Fairchild for a pension. And I further certify that Jonathan Stevens before whom the following affidavit was sworn to and subscribed & who has certified to the end
ibility of Judah Benjamin is an associate judge of the said court now in session. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court this 13 th day of February AD 1834
E. G. Goodrich Dep. Prob.

By Main Francis Pusion Application

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss
On this twelfth — day of
August A.D. 1834, Personally appeared
before Samuel Stevens Esquire, one of the justices of the peace, in and for said County, Ephraim Fairchild, aged seventy four years, and an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. And being duly sworn according to law, in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the Regulations of the War department under said Act. Doth on his solemn oath depose and say —
1 st That he was born in the town of Stratford, Fairfield County, and State of Connecticut March 16 th A.D. 1760 as he believes — 2 nd That he has no written record of his age in his possession — but that he has seen the same recorded in his father's family Bible, in which was kept the family records — 3 rd That at the time he entered the service of his country, he resided in the town of Stratford aforesaid, and continued to reside there for about four or five years after the Revolutionary War. He then moved into the town of Washington Litchfield County Ct. where he resided about four years. He then moved to East Chester, Westchester County, N.Y. and resided there for about two years. He then removed on to the Wyoming Creek Pike township, Bradford County, Pa. where he now resides. 4 th That he enlisted with the Connecticut Rangers, or State Troops, for three years (on the first Monday of October 1775 as he nearly believes) in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Tomlinson, was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Darius Worcester and was engaged in guarding the sea coasts at different stations along the sound from Stratford to Horse-neck and so on to the White Plains in N.Y. That he served until some time in the fall of the year 1778, and was discharged by Gen. Sullivan, in the town of Greenfield, Fairfield County Ct. 5 th That he has no recollection of any of the Regular Officers serving with him; that he recollects the names of Col. Jonathan Dimeon — That, on the eleventh day of July 1779 (as he nearly believes) he was drafted into at Stratford aforesaid, into the Militia of the State of Connecticut, was attached to a company commanded by Capt. Benajah Bennet in a Regiment commanded by Col. Stephen Gould; that he immediately marched to Fairfield and was engaged in the battle at that place, at the time it was burned. That he served in the Militia aforesaid for nine months and was dismissed from the service by Col. Dimeon, at Greenfield aforesaid. 6 th That for his three years service, he received a written discharge, which was given him, and signed by Gen. Sullivan, as he nearly

believes, which  and has been lost or destroyed as stated in his declaration. Applicant wishes to be understood - That the Gen Sullivan, from whom he received his discharge, belonged to the Connecticut Militia, and not to the Regular Army -
7 th That in addition to those named in his Original Declaration, he has procured the affidavit of the Rev. Samuel Marks, which is herunto annexed. Who has testified to his character for for veracity and belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, by the said Ephraim Franchelle, who I certify to be a man of veracity, and to be relied on. I also certify that I have been acquainted with him from my childhood and that he is reputed & believes, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion. Samuel Stevens for J. B. B.
Ephraim Franchelle
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
I James P. Bell Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Stevens Esquire is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Towanda this sixteenth day of August AD 1834. J. P. Bell

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
Personally appeared before David Post Esquire one of the justices of the peace, in and for said County - Rev. Samuel Marks. Rector of St. Paul's Church, Montrose Pa, and being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he is acquainted with Ephraim French of Pike near Bradford County Pa an Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 and has been acquainted with him for ten years last past, that he believes him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that he concurs in that opinion.
S. Marks
Subscribed and sworn, this 11 th day of August 1834.
David Post Esquire
State of Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County ss
Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that David Post Esquire is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine - and that the Rev. S. Marks, is a clergyman as above. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Montrose the eleventh day of August A.D. 1834.
Asa Dimock Pro

No. 24311 u Ephraim Fanchild Bradford Pennsylvania
allow for six months $20.
Return —
Address — Asa Smock Montrose Pa
Jonathan Stevens Standingstone Bradford Penn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 June 1883
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Co. Pennsylvania
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ephraim Fairchild Bradford
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     on 2 Oct 1775 3 Captm Tomlinson 73 years Traditional evidence he states he sent deposition of his service some time ago to the war office   27 June 1779 9 Col Wooster  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The character of the witnesses must be certified to be credible.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born? Answer that for Fairfield B. Connecticut 16 March 17...  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? None but his father family Bible not now in his possession  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? My father lived on that farm until 1793 then moved home in the Bradford B.  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? The British for the year - was expected; but had not been called into service.  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
 [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.  [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.  [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.  [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.  [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; for _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.  [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.  [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
 [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  [k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.  [l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.  [t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.  [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 1235 not answered 
John H. Hinton

5567 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mary Fairchild widow of Ephraim Fairchild who was a Private Conn d in the Conn Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars or Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1844 and sent to Hon B. A. Bidwell Ho of Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Page 132,

Asst. reps. 24 May. 1844
Date of widow's death not on Q.B.

10593.
Mary Farchild Pa
Act 7 July 38
adm. 6 mo pri
$20.
Hon A H Read H.R.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Bradford } ss
On this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Hon. Abram Goodwin one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Mary Fairchild a resident of Herrick formerly Pike township in the County of Bradford, aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, cloth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and of the act of the 25 th of August 1842. That she is the widow of Ephraim Fairchild who was late of Pike township in said County now deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and served as a private in said army during most if not all of the revolutionary war and had made proof of the same to the satisfaction of the War department, and had a pension of twenty dollars a year as by the record of the War department will appear and a certificate of that amount was sent to the said Ephraim Fairchild in his life time and was by the said Mary Fairchild returned to the War department as will appear from the records of said department reference thereto being had. She further

says that she has no documentary evidence, but rests her case entirely on the evidence establishing the pension of her deceased husband.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Fairchild on the thirtieth day of September A.D. 1779 by the Rev. — Johnson, that her husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Fairchild died on the Twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1838; that she was not married to him until about the time of his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and nine after in the time above stated, as by the evidence hereto annexed will appear.
Mary Fairchild
Sworn and subscribed, in the day and year above written before Abram Goodwin special judge of Madison County
A Goodwin Associate Judge
I certify that the above petitioner Mary Fairchild is wholly unable from bodily infirmity to attend court.
A Goodwin Associate Judge

State of Pennsylvania } } Bradford County } P
I Abraham Goodwin one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas a Court of Record of said County do certify Mary Fairchild subscribed and was sworn to the foregoing declaration to obtain a pension on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1844. And I further certify that said Mary Fairchild from age and bodily infirmity cannot attend Court
A. Goodwin Associate Judge
State of Pennsylvania } } Bradford County } P I Aaron Chubbuck Brother notary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the same being a Court of Record do certify that Abraham Goodwin by whose name it is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and who administered the oaths to said Mary Fairchild is one of the associate Judges of said Court and was such on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1844 - and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe the above and foregoing signatures to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court the 19 th day of February A.D. 1844
Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary

December 23, 1956
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am
Mrs. Eugene Keeler Stevensville Pennsylvania
EPHRAIM FAIRCHILD, W. 2929 JOHN OLIVER, R. 7756 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Paul De Witt and his wife, Elisabeth Sly, of Burlington Township; Ephraim Fairchild and his wife, Mary Platt, of Pike Township; Abigail Bradshaw, widow of John Bradshaw of Pike Township, all in Bradford County, Pennsylvania; John Oliver, of Albany County, New York; Joseph Cleveland, of Union, Broome County, New York, and Lucina Keeler, widow of Elisha Keeler, of Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war for one person. Records have been found for Ephraim Fairchild and John Oliver as described by you and they are furnished you, as follow:
EPHRAIM FAIRCHILD W. 2929
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2929, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Ephraim Fairchild.
Ephraim Fairchild was born March 16, 1760, in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Stratford, Connecticut, he enlisted early in October, 1775, for three years , served as private in Captain Joseph Tomlinson's company of rangers, Colonel David Wooster's Connecticut regiment, engaged in guarding the seacoast at different stations along the sound from Stratford to Horseneck, and was discharged sometime in 1778. He enlisted in July, 1779, served as private in Captain Benajah Bennett's company, Colonel Stephen Gould's Connecticut regiment and
after having served 3 yrs.

was in the battle of Fairfield and present when that town was burned, and was discharged after having served a tour of nine months.
The soldier continued to reside in Fairfield County, Connecticut, four or five years after the war, then moved to Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he resided about four years, thence to East Chester in Westchester County, New York, remained there about two years, then moved to Wyalusing Creek in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1790 and 1793.
Ephraim Fairchild was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1834, at which time he was living in Pike Township, Pennsylvania, was still living there in March, 1836, and died there May 26, 1838.
Ephraim Fairchild married September 30, 1779, in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mary Platt; the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given. They were married at the home of the father of Eunice Sanford, his name not stated and where Mary Platt had made her home when young, no relationship shown. At the time of their marriage, the soldier and his wife were both living in Weston, Connecticut, and continued to reside there for a number of years after marriage and had several children born in Weston.
Soldier's widow, Mary Fairchild, was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1844, at which time she was aged eighty-five years and a resident of Herrick, which was formerly Pike Township, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
In 1834, the soldier referred to a son then dead but did not state his name nor were the names of any children given.
In 1828, Ephraim Fairchild's sister, Ruth Frink, made affidavit in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in behalf of the soldier. She died sometime prior to 1832, the given name of her husband not stated.
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JOHN OLIVER R. 7790
The record of John Oliver follows as found in pension claim, R. 7790, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Oliver was born in Bethlehem, Albany County, New York; the date of birth and names of his parents are not shown.

John Oliver applied for pension February 2, 1838, at which time he was aged eighty-one years and a resident of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York. He stated that while residing in Bethlehem, New York, he enlisted in 1778 and served as private in Captain John Van Wie's and Tenas Slingerland's companies, in Colonel Gerritt Vandenberg's New York regiment on an expedition against the British and Indians at Saratoga and that he served on this tour three months; also, that in July of the year that the Village of Schoharie, New York, was burned by the Indians, he enlisted and served "upwards of three months" as private in Captain John Van Wie's New York company; that he served also as wagoner in transporting provisions from Albany to Schenectady for the troops.
The soldier's claim for pension was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of six months' service in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.
It is not stated whether or not the soldier ever married.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev WIDOW, &c.
Apr 26 Heipt to Mattie E. Allen Registrar Wayne Chapter D. Honesdale, Pa - En Dec 5 mist to Wallace F. Holman En Dec 9 W.F. Holman advised that record was sent him etc. aw. Oct 6 Heipt to Mrs. B. E. Strouse, aw Dec 23 - Heipt to Mrs. Eugene Pecker (see incm. R. 7790 of Jan Oliver) - DD KB
File No. 2929 Mary Fleischil Widow Ephraim Fleischil Rev. Rev. Ma
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: - Vol. Q , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8284
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Mary Fairchild
widow of Ephraim Fairchild who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 26 (May) 1838 of Bradford , in the State of Penn. who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Bennet of the reg t . commanded by Col Gould the Conn. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 20. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April 1844 and sent to Hon A. A. Read. A Rep o .
Total Amount, $100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Brann Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 Page 219.

Susquehanna, County Pa
Personally appeared before John Passmore one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Ruth Frink Who deposes and saith that her Brother Ephraim Fairchild in Stamford In the State of Connecticut Did In the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six enlist In the Revolution Army of the United States in a company of Horse commanded by Capt Joseph Tomblison & Sololive he continued at one time more than two years & further saith not
Ruth Frink
Sworn & Subscribed before me
November the 10th 1828
John Passmore Justice of the Peace
I do certify that I have for twenty years been acquainted with the above named Ruth Frink now deceased & know her to be a person of truth & veracity & so considered by her neighbors
John Passmore Justice of the Peace
Auburn Jan 29th 1833

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
Asa Dinnock h Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify - That John Pappmore Esquire before whom the above annexed deposition appears to have been taken, and whose name appears to the attestation thereof - was on the day of the date thereof - and still is, an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn as appears of Record: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and truly believe the signature "John Pappmore!" to the attestation of said deposition subscribed, to be in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County at Montrose the fifth day of August A.D 1829.
Asa Dinnock h Pro

State of Pennsylvania : 2 Asa D. Mock, Prothonotary of the Court Dauphin County ss. of Common Pleas of said County - Do
Certify that the foregoing copy of the within affidavit was taken before me on the ten day of November 1828 & on the 29th day of June 1833 (the date of his certificate to the respectability of deponents) a justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified as appears of record, and that the within sig-
-natures purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Harris- -burg, August 11th A.D. 1832.
Asa D. Mock Pro.
Asa David of Rm. H. Frank
Asa David of Rm. H. Frank

Dear Mr. Smith,
Yours a servant of Knutth Frank
Spokesman of Rev. Mr. Garrison

Deposition of Ruth Smith
Given of Ruth Smith
State of Pennsylvania, I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office, and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of said office this 11th day of August, 1828.  I have the honor to submit the following deposition of Ruth Smith, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition, and that the facts stated therein are true to the best of her knowledge, information and belief.  Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of August, 1828.  My Commission Expires July 10, 1831.  Notary Public.

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County } p
Before me Isaac D. Goodenough a justice of the Peace in and for Bradford County, personally appeared David F. Barstow, who being sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Ephraim Fairchild late of Pike Township in said County. That he knew a pension as private in the army of the Revolution; that said Ephraim Fairchild died about five years since, the precise time this deponent does not recollect; but does recollect that proof was made of his death before the Court of Common Pleas of said County to entitle the balance of pension money due at the time of the decease of said Fairchild, to be drawn.
Sworn & Subscribed February 28-1844 I. D. Goodenough J.P.
D F Barstow
State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County } p
I know Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do Certify that Isaac D. Goodenough Esq was on the 28 th February 1844 a justice

of the Peace in and for Bradford County and duly qualified as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Sarah D. Woodrough Esq. and hereby declare the signature to the foregoing affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County the 28 th February A.D. 1844.
Nason Chubbuck Proo-

I Edward Hill of Weston in Fairfield County a State of Connecticut. Town Clerk of the Town of Weston in said Fairfield County of near twenty Nine Years of age hereby certify that I have examined the Town Records of said Weston to find the Marriage of Ephraim Fairchild and Mary Platt & I find no such marriage on Record The Records of Marriages is very imperfect but few having been entered especially in the Revolutionary War.
Dated at Weston in the County aforesaid on this Second day of October 1843
Edward Hill Town Clerk of Weston

I Eunice Sanford of Weston in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, in the twenty third year of her age hereby certify that I was acquainted with Ephraim Fairchild & Mary Platt both of this place when young that the said Mary Platt made it her home at my Fathers when young & that the said Mary Platt was married to the said Ephraim Fairchild at my Fathers house according to the best of my Recollection in the Fall of the Year of 1779 I was young but have a very distinct Recollection of the marriage & that they went to house keeping in the neighborhood & continued to live here some years after their marriage & had two or three children born in this place, I used to visit them frequently & she used to visit my Fathers house so long as she lived in this place They the said Ephraim Fairchild & his said Wife Mary Moved many years from this to the West if I mistake not, into the State of Pennsylvania The marriage Rite was performed by the Reverend James Johnson a Presbyterian clergyman of this place
Eunice her Sanford mark
On this 2 nd day of October 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut personally appeared Eunice Sanford above named to me personally known to be a person of truth & a credible witness who signed the above disposition by making her cross & made oath to the truth of the same Before me
Walker Sherwood Jus. of Peace.

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. Weston
I John S. Adams Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Walter Sherwood Esqr & Edward Hill Esqr are Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid & that the signatures of their names as Justices of the peace to the Dispositions of David Silliman Eunice Sanford & Charles T. Prentice hereto annexed are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal at Weston in the County aforesaid this 2 nd day of October 1843
John S. Adams Clerk
11593

I Charles T. Puntin of Weston in Fairfield county & State of Connecticut of 38 Years of age testify & say that I am a clergyman of the Presby- -terian or Congregational Society in the Parish of Northfield in said Town of Weston - that I have the Church Records of said Church as kept by the Rev d James Johnson Du d who was for many years pastor of said Church and Society viz. For and during the Revolutionary War & for many years after the War
That I have been called upon for a Certificate of the marriage of Ephraim Fairchild & Mary Platt said to have been solemnized by the said Du d James Johnson in the Year 1779
I have examined the Records of said Church & find no such marriage on Record - The Records are very imperfect & no marriages Recorded during the Revolutionary War and very imperfect after the War
Charles T. Puntin
On this 2 nd day of October 1843 before the subscribers a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut personally appeared the Rev d Charles T. Puntin to me known to be a credible witness & a clergyman of good standing who signed the above Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Edmond Hill
Justice of peace

I David Silliman of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of near Seventy Nine Years of age hereby certify that when young I was well acquainted with Ephraim Fairchild formerly of this place & now de d I was acquainted with him both before & after his marriage. I was not at his wedding but I have a Recollection of the Report of his marriage at the time - He went to housekeeping in the neighbourhood. & his house was a place of general resort for the young, for those days he had a good selection of fruit which was one cause of the young resorting there. He continued to live in this place a number of years after his marriage & had a family but the number of children I cannot state - The said Ephraim was married to one Mary Platt - They moved from here into the State of Pennsylvania many years gone by, the exact time I cannot state but should think Fifty or more
The old people are all dead & it is very difficult to prove all particulars in such cases at this time. We were born & brought up within a Mile of each other
David Silliman
On this 2 nd day of October 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut personally appeared David Silliman to me personally known to be a person of truth & a credible witness who subscribed his name to the above Disposition and made Oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Walter Sherwood J. of Peace

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County } ss
On this Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty four personally appeared before Calvin Stone a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Fairchild, a resident of Herrick Township in the County aforesaid aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, with in her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ephraim Fairchild who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and enlisted in the state of Connecticut, that said Ephraim Fairchild was a pensioner at the rate of Twenty dollars a year; that he died on the 26 th day of May 1835. She further state that she cannot recollect the particulars concerning her husband's service but refers to the documentary evidence in which she the evidence in which she the said Mary Fairchild was granted a pension as widow of said Ephraim Fairchild as appears by her Certificate dated April 9 th 1844. recorded in Pension office in Book 2. vol 1 Page 219 by H. L. ... She further declared that she is still a widow Sworn & Subscribed the day Mary Fairchild Calvin Stone J. Peace

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County } ss
I Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Calvin Stone the person before whom the within deposition was sworn and subscribed was on the eleventh day of May A.D. 1844 a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take said affidavit. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Calvin Stone and really believe that the signature to the jurats subjoined to the within affidavit is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and official Seal of the said Court at Towanda this 16 th day of May A.D. 1844
Aaron Chubbuck Protho

War. Department Pension Office 4 th Dec r 1830
Sir
The claim of Ephraim Fairchild has been again examined. — It would be advisable that the Claimant make out his declaration anew, and that the affidavit of J. Benjamin be also taken & certified agreeably to the regulation, & then forward all the papers to this Department. — The regulation accompanying the papers affords every necessary precaution.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt J L Edwards
Jonathan Stevens Esq. Standing Stone P.O. Bradford County Pa.

Bedford Co. Penna Standing Order 25 November 1833.
Honourable Lewis Cass Esquire Secretary of War
Sir
The application of Ephraim Fairchild with the papers thereto relating have been received. Notice of which was immediately communicated to him with the required amendments and explanations attended to, and are together with the other papers herewith enclosed.
Mr. Fairchild who is now verging on 78 years of age in his first attempt to make making an application for a Pension made a full declaration of his services as now agreed to. But that of Ephraim obliged him to trust his business to others, and unfortunately called on the writer previous to Feb. Court at a time when business was very pressing on his hands who under such circumstances and having no copy of form before him inadvertently not intentionally omitted that part which he called for the amendments and leaving to the press of business before the Court the deficiency was not noticed but sent after it had been legally and finally authenticated to the War Office as it was of Mr. Fairchild's elder daughter is 19 Miles from the writer and 20 Miles from the County seat had gone home. It is difficult patching up declarations not drawn in due form at first. Mr. F. however hopes his explanations will be satisfactory.
With respect to the deposition
It will be seen that Edward Benjamin took his own deposition and his inexperience will also be seen. It will also be proved that Salmon Bozworth before whom it was taken did not know the requirements by the rules of the War Office or perhaps he would have objected to the credibility of the deponent, but he is since dead and the Witness shortly after moved into the state of New York under such circumstances as the only alternative Mr. F. was under the necessity of proving the character of a witness by other testimony as has been seen.
Ruth Frank (called by mistake Ruth Russell) has since died. But the Justice John Parsons whom before her deposition was taken is

yet living and still acting as a Justice of the peace and has but few to her character without hesitation
The writer himself was well acquainted with both the Deponents ever since about the year 1795 and always understood that the Evidence of Isiah Benjamin was supplied to credit as for that Frank show a very respectable character in every respect
Mr. Fairchild has been referred to E. Phelps Esq. our controller of accounts in the State of Connecticut the U.S. would willingly do. But in the said case Mr. Fairchild under the same recommendation from the War Office Mr. Fairchild wrote to Mr. Phelps by Mail last June but has not been able to obtain an answer Mr. Phelps has no control over the actions of Mr. P. and if he can be reached by Mail it seems to turn a deaf ear
To conclude it would be difficult for Mr. Fairchild to have his claim ever again by reason of several applica- tions he is also experienced in business of the kind & now has told that the said Isiah Benjamin had a wagon or about the 15th Inst. sold at the sale for a debt of about sixty dollars
I have made the foregoing remarks at the further request of and for Mr. Fairchild and he desires that the result of his present application may be sent to Isiah and Steven Stearns their Post Office Bradford Vt. P.O.
very respectfully Your obedient Servant
Jonathan Stevens

War Department Pension Office October 19 th 1833.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Ephraim Fairchild have been examined, and are herewith enclosed to you, The proof is not sufficient to establish his claim, Probably an application to E. Phelps Esqr Comptroller of public Accounts at Hartford Conn, may throw some light upon the subject, This should be made, The papers are not properly attached; see the depositions, and mode of authentication pointed out in the accompanying brief,
I am very respectfully Your H rs Servt George Brins Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Nathan Stearns Esqr Standing Stone, P.O. Bedford Co Pa

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 28 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Ephraim Fairchild, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837. to the 26 th May 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Almon L. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mrs. Evans
J. J. Stuart Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington City
FREE

Towanda Bradford Co. Pa.
5 Sept 1837
J. Edwards Esq.
Sir enclosed is the Pension Power of Ephraim Fairchild. for 17 years pay. Will you have the goodness to make the necessary special direction to have it paid. Reinclose it to me as soon as convenient, I should be obliged for the form of a Power for a widow under the 3 d Sec of the act of 1836
Very respectfully yours D. H. Barstow

2791
30 March 1836
Pension Office
Pa. Ave.
Washington City
Mr. W. D. [?]
Dear Sir
I have

To the Hon Lewis Cass War Dept.
Washington City
Pr. Cas. General Office
30 March 1856
1840

Mr Capt ser I recd the that you sent to Asa dimmick I did not receivd it near one year you want more witnhs I live two hundred miles from whear i was broat up I sent I had no return I have live forty five year when the british took newyork and Longitund the Island is one hundred and ten miles long there is three States joins on it there was an act past that every state should goro their own State they could enlist or draft all that tisted was coled minnit men betwean Longitund and the main was twenty miles a Cross the british and toris plundered all they cold git on our side ruth frink was my sister her furs husban servd when I did made her no how long I servd she Said it was two year and half as a minnit man I never Enlisted to join the regeerarmy But to gard the See cost Juduth Benjamin was nowing to being a minnit man I should Come or sent a letter last Sumer but I was taken sick which lastid all till fall I have got my health you have my ritings I have Before the Cort two times by the best men in County their is Sum near me that had no witnhs but recoumend got it their hasben somenny misstake I dont no where you will take Notis or not I think that I deserve something as the rest all I wish you wold send me Sum to help me in my old age as as work much I wish you rite to me as soon as as can this from your frend Ephraim Fairchild in Pike Town Bradford County mensylunia State march 26 1836

Montrose, Susquehanna Co. Pa August 19 th 1834.
J. Edwards Esq. Sir -
I enclose you the pension application of Ephraim Fauchelle - and in case his declaration and proof are deemed sufficient to warrant the issuing of a pension Certificate, you will please forward it to me.
I am desirous of getting the pension of Asa Foster transferred from the New Hampshire, to the Pennsylvania agency. Mr. Foster has removed from the State of New Hampshire and now resides with his son in this place. His Certificate is issued for Twenty five Dollars per Annum, dated "9 th day of December 1833" "Payment to be made at Portsmouth by Pres't U.S. Br. Brk. agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of New Hampshire." "Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol 1 - Page 85 - by G. C. Stiles Clerk" - 21.975.
Will you inform me if the transfer will be made, or what further may be necessary in the case. - -
Very Respectfully I am - Your Ob. Servt. -
Asa D. Mock

Pa
24. 311. —
Dear Sir,
Yrs. S. Laporte

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss
On this 30 th day of January A.D. 1884 Before the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Liberty Sessions etc. of the said County of Bradford Personally appeared of Judah Benjamin resident in the Township of Pike in the said County of Bradford aged seventy Nine Years Who being by me sworn in due form of law doth depose and say that sometime in the Summer of the Year 1777 was as a soldier in Col. Sheldon's Regiment of Horse stationed at that time in the Township of Greenfield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut about three Miles from the said Township of Fairfield the County Town of the said County that he there became acquainted with Ephraim Fairchild who was then serving at or in that vicinity as a private soldier that he frequently saw said Fairchild and the said Fairchild told this deponent that he had enlisted for three years & was then serving under that enlistment. I do not recollect that Fairchild told him when he had enlisted or how long he had served but knows that he was serving at the place aforesaid at the time aforesaid & further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
Judah Benjamin
Jonathan Stevens Associate Judge
Jonathan Stevens Associate Judge as aforesaid do hereby further certify that I have known the above named Deponent Judah Benjamin since the Year 1796 untill the present time Except the two or three Years last past he has been absent (as I have been told) has resided in the State of New-York but has recently returned into this State from the knowledge I have had of him I believe him to be a person whose evidence is entitled to credit and belief.
Jonathan Stevens Associate Judge

Hon. C. Ellis
9 April 1844

194 Pension Office April 17, 1844
Sir,
On the 3 d inst. we received from you a declaration made by Elizabeth Fairchild, under the act of March 3. 1843. This paper was sent to you by Mr. Giles F. Yates. On the 2 d inst. a certificate was issued for Mrs. Fairchild, under that law, and sent to S. Brullard, of Buffalo. Her certificate was issued on a declaration made before Justice John Ketcham in Erie County, N. Y. on the first of March 1844, and the declaration sent by Mr. Yates was made in August last. She
Hon. C. Ellis House of Rep

27. April 1844
Geo Anderson

Pension Office April 27 th 1844.
Sir.
In answer to your enquiry relative to the arrears of pension due Ephraim Fairchild, dec d late a pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832, at $20. per Annum, I have to inform you that the amount due has been paid up to the day of his death, viz 21 st May 1838, as appears from the books of the Third Auditor of the Treasury.
I am Sir
George Anderson Esq Torrance Penn a

Rev 2-3
Wayne Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Honesdale, Pennsylvania
April 9, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me any records you may have of the following Revolutionary soldiers.
 1. Ephraim Fairchild native of Litchfield Co. Conn. married Mary Platt and removed to Bradford Co. Penna. about 1792. died here Mar. 1822. wife d. 1847 aged 91. children - Edmund, David, Abel, Mary, Huldah, Hannah and Ruth.  2. Jeremiah Lott - Resident of Long Island, supposed to have enlisted in New York (possibly New Jersey as records are lost) Chief Bugler in Washington's Army. Known to have son John. 
Respectfully Yours-
Mattie E. Gellen
Registrar Wayne Chapter DAR Honesdale Pa.

W.F. HOLMAN, DEALER IN AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, HARDWARE AND FARM IMPLEMENTS, FRIENDSVILLE, MD.
21 1921
Bureau of Pensions Washington DC As I am a Descendant of Ephraim Fairchild I Would like to find out if there is any thing to show in the Pension Bureau of his ever being in the Revolutionary War from Stratford Fairfield Co Conn further if I Would show conclusively that I am a Descendant could you tell me how and when I could become a member of the Sons of the Revolution I will look for a reply from my letter as soon as convenient
Yours &c Wallace F. Holman Friendsville Md Garrett Co

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W.F. HOLMAN, DEALER IN AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, HARDWARE AND FARM IMPLEMENTS, FRIENDSVILLE, MD.
Dec 5 1921
What is the matter with the Bureau of Pensions in Washington D.C. that I can not get an answer to my letters sent there I wrote the Bureau 2 years ago on the same question that I wrote them 3 weeks ago and I have received no answer to either letter I have written my Senator and he told me to write again and then if I received no answer he would take the matter up himself I am a citizen of U.S.A. and have been since 1922 and my people have been engaged in 12 of the Great Wars of this Country & I feel that we are entitled to a fair treatment! I would like to know if there is any record of Ephraim Fairchild ever getting a pension for his service in the Revolutionary war against the English as a soldier or other service for the U.S.A. he is my great Grand Father and the discharge is lost so I have nothing to show only what was handed to me through my Father by word and no writings and that would not admit me to the Sons of the Revolution he was from Stratford Fairfield Co Conn. and was under Captain Joseph Tomblinson & Colonel David Woster. now to me it would be a favor if I could get any of these records in writing as all I have is verbal & further says the records if the name of Holman appears in the war of the Revolution from Vermont New Hampshire or Conn. or Mass I feel that I am entitled to this information. trusting I will get a reply I am waiting Yours &c over Wallace F. Holman Friendsville Md

Give me as much details as is possible for me to receive about the Fairchildes and the Holmans as they was in the War from the beginning to the end but the Holmans represented 4 different States as their was 12 of them in the Revolution from one Family With their Father Wallace F. Holman Friendsville Md

MRS. C. E. STROUSE R. F. D. 4. REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
October 4 1926 U.S. Commission Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I wrote you some time ago and received no reply. So will repeat my questions and hope they will receive your attention. I would like some information concerning the military record of my ancestor Timothy See who fought 6 or 8 months in the Revolutionary war. Timothy See son of Stephen & Catharine (Forbes) See was born near Meriden, Conn. in 1748 moved with his father to western Mass. Lived mostly in See and Pittsfield mass. was in See Mass. as late as 1791. He was married to Mary Waples or Whaples. This information was obtained from an old letter written some years ago by Wm Wallace See the author of one of the See Books to a relative.
I would like also to have the military statement of Ephriam Fairchild who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war from Stratford, Connecticut. He was born 1760 applied for pension Feb. 12, 1834. Also the information found in the application for pension of his wife Mary (Platt) Fairchild which was granted Jan 29, 1844 while residing in Herrick Twp Pa. I am anxious to get all information possible as I am arranging a short family history yours truly
Mrs C.E. Strouse Reynoldsville Pa.
Jeff Co. R. 4

Rev. War Section Record Division.
AW
Dec. 9, 1921.
Mr. W. F. Holman, Friendsville, Md.
Sir:
In response to your letter which was received the 6" instant, you are advised that you were furnished on the 5" instant with the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner Ephraim Fairchild, W.2929.
Owing to the great pressure of current work, the large number of similar inquiries and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, this Bureau is unable to make a series of investigations in regard to a number of soldiers of the Revolutionary War any one person, and therefore is unable to furnish you with the histories of all soldiers named Fairchild and Holman. You or anyone designated by you, may examine and collect data from a reasonable number of Revolutionary War pension claims by calling at the Bureau, which is the practice in such cases.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
October 8, 1936.
Mrs. C. E. Strouse, R. F. D. 4, Reynoldsville, Penn.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, W. 2929, it appears that Ephraim Fairchild was born March 18, 1760, at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While living there he enlisted in October 1775 and served three years as a private in Captain Joseph Tomlinson's Company, Colonel David Wooster's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted July 11, 1779 and served nine months in Captain Benajah Bennett's Company, Colonel Stephen Gould's Connecticut Regiment, and was at the battle of Fairfield.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 13, 1834, while living in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He died May 28, 1838.
He married September 30, 1779, at Weston, Connecticut, Mary Platt of said place. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1844, while living in Herrick Township (formerly Pike) Bradford County, Pennsylvania, aged eighty-five years. They had a number of children, names not stated.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Fairchild , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 2929
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1775 3 yrs. Pvt Jos Tomlinson David Wooster Conn.   July 11, 1779 9 mos. Benajah Bennett Stephen Gould        
Battles engaged in, Fairfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 12, 1834 His Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Pike Twp. Bradford Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, b. Mar. 16 1760 Stratford Conn.
Remarks: Sol. m. Sept. 30, 1779 in Weston Fairfield Co. Conn. Mary Platt of Weston He died May 26 1838. She was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Jan 29, 1844 while residing in Herrick (formerly Pike) Twp. Pa aged 85 yrs. They had a number of children names not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.